Lady Gaga offers vision of "how we may travel in ten years"
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Lady Gaga's flying dress offers vision of
how "we may all travel in ten years time"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: created for Lady Gaga, the Volantis is the world's first flying dress
and heralds the beginning of a new era for human flight, says designer Benjamin Males
Rapidly developing flight technology will make personal flying vehicles commercially viable in the near future according to Benjamin Males, co-founder of London-based fashion and technology company Studio XO, who developed the Volantis.
"Volantis might seem very science fiction," says Males "But if you consider the developments in vehicle design, if you look at the trends toward space travel and jet pack design, actually the idea of having a personal aerial vehicle that has to have style doesn't seem that crazy".
Who knows, in ten years time we may all be flying round in Volantises," he adds.
Volantis is remote controlled and flies using 12 battery-powered propellers. Flown by a trained pilot who specialises in unmanned vehicles, it was unveiled with Lady Gaga at a warehouse in Brooklyn, New York City, in November last year.